pali
Pronunciation | /ˈpa |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1949 |
pali is a core content word relating to work and activities.
Etymology
The word pali is derived from Esperanto fari, meaning "to do, to make".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of pali includes work and activities, effort done to achieve something. It is used to describe the act or instance of creating things, including jobs, projects, and creative works.
mi pali e panmi pali e pan.
I make pastries.
Drift from "do" sense
Historically and in pu, the word pali was often used as a generic verb meaning "to do". This has since become notably less popular, an instance of semantic drift.[2] This drift is sometimes referred to as palin't.
sina pali e semesina pali e seme?
What are you doing? (obsolete usage)
What are you working on? (surviving usage)[2]
Many speakers now prefer more direct constructions with a causative predicate.[citation needed] This may have motivated the change.
ona li pali e ni2 mi ponaona li pali e ni: mi pona.
They do this: I am good. (obsolete usage)
ona li pona e miona li pona e mi.
They make me good. (modern usage)
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines pali as:
VERB to do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as pali:[3]
work5, actively2 , employment2 , practice2 , development2 , execution2 , invent2 , industry2 , role2 , procedure2 , functional2 , construction2 , achieve2 , prepare2 , interact2 , undergo2 , accomplishment2 , undertake2 , busy2 , behavioural2 , productive2 , industrial2 , plan2 , participation2 , manipulate2, do5 , construct5 , make5 , produce5 , activity5 , job5 , build5 , production5 , labour5 , working5 , action5 , task5 , create5 , function5 , occupation5 , operating4 , project4 , execute4 , craft4 , manufacturing4 , develop3 , generate3 , compose3 , assemble3 , act3 , profession3 , assignment3 , commit3 , perform3 , enact3 , operation3 , creation3 , effort3 , service3 , accomplish3 , implement3 , operate3 , implementation3 , behaviour3 , processing3 , behave3 , career3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for pali () is derived from a circle above a hand radical, representing a generic action. These may be drawn either connected or separated. The glyph could possibly be confused with a stacked glyph for luka ijo, however, that construction is unlikely.
sitelen sitelen
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 jan Kekan San. "palin't". mun.la. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. pp. 307–308.
Further reading
- "pali" on lipu Linku
- "pali" on lipu Wikipesija
- "pali" on English Wiktionary